Powiśle (; literally ''along-the-

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'') is a neighbourhood in

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's borough of Śródmieście (Downtown). It is located between the

river and its escarpment. Historically, it is composed of three neighbourhoods: central Powiśle, Mariensztat to the north (just below the Warsaw's Old Town) and Solec to the south. In the 17th and 18th centuries the area was mostly inhabited by the poor. Little changed in the 19th century when the neighbourhood became slightly industrialized. It retained the character of a city slum until its almost complete destruction during the

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of 1944. It was inhabited by the unemployed and craftsmen of all types, factory and port workers, smiths, coalers, sand vendors, fishermen and prostitutes. As such it was similar in character to

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. After the war, the area became partially rebuilt and the area of Mariensztat became the first neighbourhood of Warsaw to be reconstructed. Currently there are plans to turn the area into the Warsaw University

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, a notion that was already started by the construction of the Warsaw University Library and several faculties there.

External links

Unofficial web page of Powiśle
Guide about Powiśle area Neighbourhoods of Śródmieście, Warsaw Powiśle, Warsaw {{Neighbourhoods of Śródmieście, Warsaw